New Import Tuner

[nurspecsil]

Have any of you seen the red 240sx in the June 2003 issue #51??
Not a bad looking car at all but thats not what this post is about.

The article left me confused and a little bit ****ed off for two reasons:

1. The rims on the car are Volk GT7's not GTC's like the mag suggests

2.They refered to the the LE model as "lacked the mantle of sporty amenities afforded on the top-of-the-line SE, like 5 lug hubs and a limited sip differential."

Now the rim thing just ****ed me off becasue a magazine which is supposed to know everything and considers itslef God's gift to the import culture was to lazy to do some simple homework.

However the LE thing just plain confused me. My understanding is that an LE is an SE with leather. Now since I have an LE and it obviously has 5 lugs and yes it has limited lip too I am wondering are the Canadian and American badgings different or is this just another unsightly oversight by Import Tuner???

[Steeles]

Import tuner Fu[k3d up.

[Dousan_PG]

nah ya canadians got the goods up there. more factory limited slips too...


if you (not you poster, i mean anyone) read magazines like that to boost your intelligence, your obviously retarded to begin with

read it for fun, not for facts.

[vudoodrifter03]

so do the le's have lsd (im confused ) because mu junk yard has one :confused:

[Dousan_PG]

Originally posted by vudoodrifter03
so do the le's have lsd (im confused ) because mu junk yard has one :confused:

dont know
go look
nissan had a lot of weird stuff..some w/ lsds some not, dealer options/customer request..swapped or whatever

go look. the only way to knw for sure.

[vudoodrifter03]

thanks -dousan36, ill check it out soon i hope it has HUD i want the cluster dont care if the speedo works (put it in for shows and just to have a big tack in the middle ) dont rember if its 5 lug or not :)

[nurspecsil]

thanks for clearing things up. I was real confused.

i was told that only Canadian cars came with the HICAS or four wheel steering is that true??

[Dousan_PG]

not true ,USA got HICAS too


there is no HUD on s14s..so vudoodrifter03, your SOL

[vudoodrifter03]

im stupid i thought we were talking about the s13 se's :(

[Dousan_PG]

now im confused
you said 5 lug so that's why i said that haha

s13s only coupes in USA/canada had HUD
and no coupes had HICAS
and no s13s in world (from factory) had 5 lug


so...

[vudoodrifter03]

i was thinking the canadian s13's mabe had 5 lugs but you were talking about s14's- once again sorry

[vudoodrifter03]

sorry for jacking the post:(

[nurspecsil]

my bad for not clarifiying. yes it is an S14 we are talking about.

[vudoodrifter03]

just saw the mag .its a nice looking s14 liked the paint

[formula02]

yeah, the magazine messed up in the article, the GT-C's when they are GT-7's is just one of the mess ups. I didn't get to proof read the article before they printed it. This car started as the base model, 4 lug and no LSD.

[Steeles]

Originally posted by formula02
yeah, the magazine messed up in the article, the GT-C's when they are GT-7's is just one of the mess ups. I didn't get to proof read the article before they printed it. This car started as the base model, 4 lug and no LSD.

is it your car or do you work for IT?

[formula02]

Its my car.

[Steeles]

cool man. really sharp. did you get to meet the model :) ?

[formula02]

Thanks. Yeah she is really cool. They defiantly make the shoot all about the model and not so much about the car.

[sykikchimp]

Fuk the models.. I don't notice the models are even in the picture half the time....

[nurspecsil]

sweet car man wasnt knockin your car at all just the mag. painting the carbon hood was a bad *** idea!

[formula02]

Thanks. I was a bit dissappointed when I saw how much fus the made over her during the shoot. But hey, I guess that is how it is.

[nurspecsil]

Still man you have done one thing that most of us dream of and never will get to do. I noticed the car thats why i bought the mag!. Don't worry there are lots of people (myself included) who were just choked that she was infront of those beutiful rims on the cover!:D

[formula02]

Thanks man :)

I was hoping you would be able to see all of the car, but when I finally got to see the cover I noticed that its all Miss Day! Oh well, I really like how they did the red background on the first page of the article.

[formula02]

Here is a little behind the scenes, thought you might enjoy.

[nurspecsil]

the color of your car is pretty intense. i really like it

[S13Grl]

I thought all S14 SEs came with 5-lug and the only ones that did not were the base models. The LE suspension is somewhat softer, that's true. But LEs should come factory with ABS and LSD, unless the original owner ordered one and wanted only leather. In that case, it would still wear the LE badge but would not have ABS and LSD. As Dousan said, Nissan's weird and somewhat stupid with all the **** they did with the 240. Just make things complicated for us 13+ years later.

[sykikchimp]

damn... that is a hot f*in model..ugg.. Car.. yeah.. Car..

(I did say "Most" models before right?.. :D :cool: )

Btw - Did they put all those stickers on it for the shoot? I would love to see this car by itself minus the stick0rs...

[formula02]

here is a old picture with Racing Harts no stickers:

[xS1LV1Ax]

Originally posted by nurspecsil
2.They refered to the the LE model as "lacked the mantle of sporty amenities afforded on the top-of-the-line SE, like 5 lug hubs and a limited sip differential."


I noticed this too. Kinda made me wonder if a qualified person was writing this article.

[Steeles]

very cool yeah I didnt like their photo selections all that much but hey not my mag. plus i think if they are gonna have her in the cover shot their should be more pics with the car. or leave her out completely. thats why I dont buy that mag anymose. oh well most excellent looking ride man

[formula02]

I told the tech writer that it was a base, but he decided to do the LE thing. Like I said didn't get to read it before they printed it.

[russian]

Originally posted by formula02
Here is a little behind the scenes, thought you might enjoy.


now we are talking - shes a full 10 on my hot0meter.

[saga240]

yea the cover was hella bunk scott.. i dont like how you cant even tell its your car.. :mad:

but that full shot with the red backround is gorgeous.. i like how sal has it up on his wall.. hah i might just ask him to make an enlargement and frame it for me too.. :D

-james

[Anubis]

i saw this car at HIN a year back or so, when you had the chromed out KA. :cool:

[ruf]

That is one of the cutest "import models" I've seen in a while. Thanks for making my day. :D

[CleanS14]

Guys forget the model... but she is cute though...

Scott... don't forget... you can always send your S14 to me and I will take care of it...

Don't reveal my identity...:D

[formula02]

will I get lots of videos of it going sidways in the mail?

[CleanS14]

But of course... and I will also send it back to you running like a champ *wink wink* :D

[s14kaibigan]

Sorry this post is so late, but I thought on an S14, if it has ABS, it has the VLSD. I have a base model with ABS/VLSD and I have a friend with an SE without ABS/VLSD. I don't think all SE/LE models came with VLSD. There was a site on the options for the 95 model, if I find it, I'll repost.

[CleanS14]

When I bought my first S14 back in 95 ABS/VLSD were optional. In some cases yes, the cars (SE/LE) did come with the ABS/LSD combo. I had to add ABS/LSD to the car I chose (SE) because it didn't have either. Back then having ABS saved me a few bucks on insurance since I was so young.

[Surf Ninja]

you know what ticks me off about some mags i have (this might be a little off topic) but on reader rides they'll have a plymoth neon with factory pouder coated wheels, and an apc licence plate frame and they like ride of the month 2nd only to a decked out rx 7 or somethin

[KiDyNomiTe]

Nice car, love the paint. The model is pretty good looking too. The models in those magazines have been pretty ugly as of late, glad to see they finally found some cute girls.

Anyways, easiest way to sell magazines these days is to put a hot girl on it. Guys ranging from 15-30 (there are some over 30 ;) ). Regardless of what the magazine is about they will pick it up.

When it comes to making money you gotta think of what sells, and just showing a car doesn't always sell, sex sells its been proven.

Any more pics of the car... girl... or even better a scan of the article and pics.

EDIT: found the pics and article here (http://www.importtuner.com/features/0306it_nissan240sx/) , but no pics of girl (maybe they are somewher on the site ;) ).

Man they put on a lot of stickers.

[SimpleS14]

Originally posted by KiDyNomiTe
but no pics of girl (maybe they are somewher on the site ;) ).


http://www.importtuner.com/models/0306it_model/

[sykikchimp]

formula02 - Whats the story with the Injen IC piping? Was that custom made by injen? or is that a kit?

[Warwick5s]

lol!


www.courtneyday.com


1. she doesn't look really hot in any of the pics on her site (though she does in import tuner)
2. her car is nasty

[KiDyNomiTe]

Originally posted by Warwick5s
lol!


www.courtneyday.com


1. she doesn't look really hot in any of the pics on her site (though she does in import tuner)
2. her car is nasty

lol ya, she only looks good when she is far from the camera, up close she looks kinda wierd, juss her face, but who am I to judge :rolleyes:

[formula02]

I agree the pictures on her site are not good. But in person she looks as good as on the cover.

As for the Injen IC pipe that is a special deal I worked out with them. I was there first prototype car for the cold air intake so when I got the SR they gave me all the IC pipes continuing my sponsorship. As of right now they don't have plans for making a kit, but one of the owners does own an S14 with SR so who knows what they might make in the future.